Here’s what college professors get paid at the 50 best public universities in America

We took a look how much professors at the 50 best public colleges in the US earn for their work.

Using rankings from US News and data from the Department of Education, we found the average salary for non-medical instructional staff.

No. 1-ranked UCLA has the highest average professor salary at just over $155,000.

College professors at the top public universities in the United States tend to do pretty well for themselves. That is to say, most of them are earning more money than the average K-12 public school teacher.